Cost Codes

Maintain the company’s standard cost code structure — divisions, codes, and cost types — that every project inherits.

Updated June 1, 2026Who this is for:

Company Admin

Accountant

Cost Codes is the company’s master chart of accounts for construction cost — organized into divisions, codes, and cost types. Every project inherits this structure, which is what makes cost reporting comparable across jobs.

Maintain cost codes

Open Cost Codes

From the company hub, go to Administration → Cost Codes.

Organize divisions and codes

Maintain divisions and the codes within them. You can start from the Syntecton standard set.

Define cost types

Set the cost types (e.g. labor, material, equipment, subcontract) used for breakdowns.

Troubleshooting

A project needs a one-off code

Add it as a project override in that project’s Cost Code Definition rather than here.

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Cost Code Definition
Set the project’s cost code structure — starting from the company standard — and apply project-specific overrides before building the budget.
Budget
Set up the project budget by cost code, track the original budget against approved changes and forecasts, and read the live budget snapshot.